Erik Larsen
@eriklarsen.bsky.social
Savage Dragon perpetrator
It all seems so calculated. All eight voting yes won't be up for reelection for years and Chuck Schumer can take the high road and vote no.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It all seems so calculated. All eight voting yes won't be up for reelection for years and Chuck Schumer can take the high road and vote no.
I think the lesser evil would have been a better option given where we're at.
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I think the lesser evil would have been a better option given where we're at.
Do you honestly think any lesson was learned in 2024?
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Do you honestly think any lesson was learned in 2024?
Candidates have thousand of people yelling at them and advising them and it's no easy task to choose which voices to listen to. I would HOPE establishment Democrats would look at the success of Zohran Mamdani and other more progressive Democrats and adjust accordingly but I have my doubts.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Candidates have thousand of people yelling at them and advising them and it's no easy task to choose which voices to listen to. I would HOPE establishment Democrats would look at the success of Zohran Mamdani and other more progressive Democrats and adjust accordingly but I have my doubts.
Why are you putting words in my mouth? I said nothing of the sort.
All I said was--in November you have two viable choices--and that's reality.
All I said was--in November you have two viable choices--and that's reality.
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Why are you putting words in my mouth? I said nothing of the sort.
All I said was--in November you have two viable choices--and that's reality.
All I said was--in November you have two viable choices--and that's reality.
No, no--you're not getting my point (or I wasn't clear) your VOTE for another candidate would have meant a bigger victory for Trump. Harris leaning left may have meant less financial support from donors (which could have hurt) but it would have made it easier for voters to support her.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
No, no--you're not getting my point (or I wasn't clear) your VOTE for another candidate would have meant a bigger victory for Trump. Harris leaning left may have meant less financial support from donors (which could have hurt) but it would have made it easier for voters to support her.
That's the short answer--nothing would have changed. Yes, Harris made some questionable choices and she should have leaned left instead of trying to appeal to the middle but the end result would have been a larger victory for Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
That's the short answer--nothing would have changed. Yes, Harris made some questionable choices and she should have leaned left instead of trying to appeal to the middle but the end result would have been a larger victory for Trump.
How would things have been different had you voted for somebody other than Harris or Biden? I get supporting your preferred candidate in the primaries--that makes sense--but when it's down to two candidates in November--how does voting for another candidate help?
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
How would things have been different had you voted for somebody other than Harris or Biden? I get supporting your preferred candidate in the primaries--that makes sense--but when it's down to two candidates in November--how does voting for another candidate help?
There are two candidates on the ballot. One is listed as a Democrat. One is listed as a Republican. Which one would you have me vote for?
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There are two candidates on the ballot. One is listed as a Democrat. One is listed as a Republican. Which one would you have me vote for?
In other words--you have NO ANSWER. You have NO SOLUTION. You have NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In other words--you have NO ANSWER. You have NO SOLUTION. You have NOTHING.
Show me the way. What's your answer? Because I see the ballot and I know who's on it. I support the most liberal candidates in the primary every time but when it's time for the general election I have TWO choices. Would you have me vote for the Republican who will give me NOTHING that I want?
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Show me the way. What's your answer? Because I see the ballot and I know who's on it. I support the most liberal candidates in the primary every time but when it's time for the general election I have TWO choices. Would you have me vote for the Republican who will give me NOTHING that I want?
What's your answer, Einstein? Show me your path to success.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What's your answer, Einstein? Show me your path to success.
So in the general election--it's Coke or Pepsi. You're free to vote for Squirt or Mr. Pibb if you want but at the end of the day America's favorite soft drink will be Coke or Pepsi--Democrat or Republican--and that's one candidate from each party.
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So in the general election--it's Coke or Pepsi. You're free to vote for Squirt or Mr. Pibb if you want but at the end of the day America's favorite soft drink will be Coke or Pepsi--Democrat or Republican--and that's one candidate from each party.
That's not how math works. It's a binary choice in the general election. The time to vote for the most liberal candidate is the primary election when it's a more open field. But we don't have ranked-choice voting. We have a plurality voting system and that trends toward two major parties.
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
That's not how math works. It's a binary choice in the general election. The time to vote for the most liberal candidate is the primary election when it's a more open field. But we don't have ranked-choice voting. We have a plurality voting system and that trends toward two major parties.
Yes, we need more candidates like AOC, Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani but they need to be part of the primary process and win those elections so we can have them on the ballot in November.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Yes, we need more candidates like AOC, Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani but they need to be part of the primary process and win those elections so we can have them on the ballot in November.
So what's your fucking answer? It's a binary choice because a third party candidate isn't viable. All of the liberals who dug their toes in the sand and proudly voted for Jill Stein can puff up their chests and talk about integrity all day long but they gave us Trump in 2016.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So what's your fucking answer? It's a binary choice because a third party candidate isn't viable. All of the liberals who dug their toes in the sand and proudly voted for Jill Stein can puff up their chests and talk about integrity all day long but they gave us Trump in 2016.
Look, we need to get better candidates for the primaries--that much is true but if the choice is a Democrat or a Republican and the Democrat votes with the other Democrats 99% of the time--voting Republican isn't going to help your cause.
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Look, we need to get better candidates for the primaries--that much is true but if the choice is a Democrat or a Republican and the Democrat votes with the other Democrats 99% of the time--voting Republican isn't going to help your cause.
I will support the farthest left candidate in every case.
I voted for Bernie in the primary. But when it came to the general election I voted for Hillary in 2016 and Biden in 2020 because those were the choices and a third party candidate was a wasted vote.
This isn’t advanced math.
I voted for Bernie in the primary. But when it came to the general election I voted for Hillary in 2016 and Biden in 2020 because those were the choices and a third party candidate was a wasted vote.
This isn’t advanced math.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I will support the farthest left candidate in every case.
I voted for Bernie in the primary. But when it came to the general election I voted for Hillary in 2016 and Biden in 2020 because those were the choices and a third party candidate was a wasted vote.
This isn’t advanced math.
I voted for Bernie in the primary. But when it came to the general election I voted for Hillary in 2016 and Biden in 2020 because those were the choices and a third party candidate was a wasted vote.
This isn’t advanced math.
Except that Democrat is still going to vote with other Democrats most of the time, whereas a Republican won’t do that. And, yes, it’s a shitty choice but in a general election you’re choosing between two candidates and the other candidate is a Republican.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Except that Democrat is still going to vote with other Democrats most of the time, whereas a Republican won’t do that. And, yes, it’s a shitty choice but in a general election you’re choosing between two candidates and the other candidate is a Republican.
No, you support liberal Democrats in the primary stage and hope they don’t turn on you. But voting is a binary choice. It’s one or the other once it comes to a general election. If it’s a choice between a conservative Democrat and a conservative Republican, I’m still gonna support the Democrat.
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No, you support liberal Democrats in the primary stage and hope they don’t turn on you. But voting is a binary choice. It’s one or the other once it comes to a general election. If it’s a choice between a conservative Democrat and a conservative Republican, I’m still gonna support the Democrat.
The alternative is Republicans. How do you think they would have voted? We can only vote for whoever makes it through the primaries and after that it's Democrat or Republican. There really is no viable alternative. Third parties don't have the numbers with our plurality voting system.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The alternative is Republicans. How do you think they would have voted? We can only vote for whoever makes it through the primaries and after that it's Democrat or Republican. There really is no viable alternative. Third parties don't have the numbers with our plurality voting system.